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CONTRIBUTIONS : A FLORA OF BALUCHISTAN. 171

antheris apicem corollae attingentibus, filamenfcis inserfcis immediate infra sinus limbi corollae ; stylus inelusus ; stigma bifidum, glandulo- sum. Fructum non vidimus.

Differt a Gaillonia eriantha sequentibus : Rami sunt ancipites vel trigoni; Calyx et corolla multo hispidiores ; annulus stipulis uniformibus tantum formatur.

Loc. : Near Quetta. — Fl. in Aug. 1918.

Gaillonia sp. Loc. : Hills S. of Chambar (Kolwa),:26° 9' N, 64° 42' E, about 2,000—2,200 ft. (no. M 259).

Galium L.

Galium aparine L. Sp. PI. 157. Loc. : Khudabadan, f mile N. of Panjgur, about 3,100 ft. (no. M 178).— Fl. and fr. in March 1918.

Vern. Name : Licbok (Bal.). Sticks to hands and clothes, which probably explains the name, " lich" being clinging mud. They say " lich " or " malich " to a camel on muddy ground, meaning " slippery " or " don't slip ".

Compositae

VERNONIA Schreb.

Vernonia cinerea Less, in Linnaea, IV, 291 and VI, 673.-- Loc. : Kanoji, 47 miles N. of Las Bela, about 3,200 ft. (no. 383) ; Chibi^ about 63° 8' E, 26° 19' N., about 1,600 ft., growing in and on border of irrigation channels (no. M 125) ; Hills of Chambar (Kulwa) 26° 9' N, 62° 42' E, about 2,000 ft. (no. M 194 A).— Fl. and fr. in March and April 1918.

Vern. Name : Aghud (Br.).

ADENOSTEMMA Forst.

Adenostemma viscosum Forst. Char Gen. (1776) 90. — Loc Near Ornach, about 3,300 ft. (no. 315). Fl. and Fr. in May 1917.

Vern. Name : Wal.

Gnaphalium L.

Gnaphalium pulvicatum Del. Fl. Aegypt. 122, t. 44, f. 1. Loc. :

Nag (W. Kolwa), about 83 miles E. by N. of Turbat, about 2,300 ft" (no. M 242) ; North Parpuki Kaur, 12 miles SSW of Panjgur' about 3,300 ft. (no. M 197) ; Ispikan, 16 miles NE of Mand, about 1,050 ft (no. M 79) :— Fl. and fr. in March and April 1918.

Inula L.

Inula grantioides Boiss. Fl. Or. Ill, 195 ; Loc : Between Mssh- kai and Pirandar Valley, about 2,500 ft. (no. 248) ; Awaran 26° 24' N, 65° 12' E, about 1,750 ft. (no. M.2B).— Fl. and fr. in April 1918.

Vern. Names: Kolmir, Kolbur (Br.), Kolmir (Bal.).

PULICARIA Gaertn.

Pulicaria glaucesceos Jaub. and Sp. III. t. 349. — Loc. : Rari Ban 170 miles S. by W. of Kalat, 2,300 ft. (no. 284) ; Gwambuk, about 60

miles S. by E. of Panchgur, about 2,700 ft. (no. M 19B) Fr in

April 1918.

Vern. Names: Kuncbito (Bal.), Kunchid (Makrani Bal.), Ler Mazonk (Br.).